Russia's Nuclear Legacy

You can also visit a website about USSR's testing grounds in Kazakhstan by going HERE

Or an article by CNN - HERE


Or visit it museum HERE


For 10 extra credit points - research what you learn about Russia's Nuclear Legacy and write a 1/2 page summary of what you learned.  You can do this only after you've finished your Chernobyl projects.

Chernobyl

With a partner you are going to create a presentation on Chernobyl.

Your presentation must include the following:

1) The date of the disaster
2) A map of the area
3) The consequences of the disaster
4) A short damage report
5) Five photos of Chernobyl
6) One story from a survivor of Chernobyl
7) A conclusion that discuss the Legacy of Chernobyl

You can use your textbook (pages 368-369)

Also the following sites:

An Article from the Nation

An Article about Chernobyl and Fukushima

An Article from the Guardian

A Slide Show Presentation

A BBC Radio Investigation of Chernobyl

Aral Sea and Lake Biakal

Today we will watch short videos on the Aral Sea and Lake Biakal.

Then - you'll need to answer these study questions:

1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost?
2) Why has this water been lost?
3) What other environmental problems affect the area?
4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level?
5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video?
6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded?
7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)?
8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking?
9) Research and find a major city in Siberia.  What is its population and major attractions?

The following link should help you with cities in Siberia

For the videos: go here - Aral Sea 

or Lake Biakal

Russia: Human-Environment Interaction

Today we are going to read Chapter 15 Section 3 and take Cornell Notes.

Objectives: At the end of this sections students will be able to identify the causes and effects of the shrinkage of the Aral Sea; Describe Russian's harsh winter, and explain the significance of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.


HOMEWORK: Answer the following review questions

1) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain.
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form?
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
5) How long is the Volga River?
6) Why is Lake Baikal important?
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?

Monday

RUSSIA

Today we are moving on to Russia.  Russia exists in both Europe and Asia.

You need to read Chapter 15 Section 1 and take Cornell Notes.  

We will spend two weeks on Russia before moving on to our next UNIT: Africa.

Good news - Everyone passed the Geography Unit Test, and most of you did extremely well!

Review Questions for Unit TEST

1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
2) Where does the Danube flow?
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
11) Why did Venice grow?
12) What problems face Venice today?
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
16) What were the crusades?
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built?  When did it come down?
21) List the four sub-region of Europe.  Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
23)  What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?

Presentations

Today you groups will present your country profiles and EU membership stance.

Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to represent one type of country – original EU member, recent EU member, or an EU candidate – research how future expansion might affect their country, create a thematic visual representation of the country, hold a panel with a 2-minute summary of their position and be able to debate their position against the positions of other countries.




At the end of class each person, on their own, needs to answer the following:

1) How do people in your country feel about EU membership?
2) How might future expansion affect the economies of your country?
3) What potential problems face nations who want to adopt the euro??
4) What political or cultural issues might arise because of the EU expansion?
5) What did you learn about other countries through their presentations (list two distinct and detailed things).

Friday

Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to represent one type of country – original EU member, recent EU member, or an EU candidate – research how future expansion might affect their country, create a thematic visual representation of the country, hold a panel with a 2-minute summary of their position and be able to debate their position against the positions of other countries.

Today we are going to read and talk about the Case Study on page 326 and then I will break you up into groups and you will research a EU country, create a profile of that country (it's population, economic resources, religion, and how further expansion of the EU might affect their country).  You will present - as a panel - this information next Wednesday.  We will have a test on the Unit next Friday.

Eastern Europe

Today we are going to review sections 1-3 of Unit 13, and then read section 4.

Objectives: At the end of section 4 students will be able to explain the turmoil of Eastern Europe in the 20th century; explain how the economy of Eastern Europe developed, and the ethnic and religious diversity of Eastern Europe.

HOMEWORK: Study for Map Quiz.

Eastern Europe

Discuss the turmoil the of Eastern Europe in the 20th Century; explain how the economy of Eastern Europe developed; and the diversity of Eastern Europe's religions.

Review Chapter 13 Section 3 and Europe Political Maps

Review Question - possible quiz questions

1) Where did the industrial Revolution begin and to where did it spread?
2) What are some characteristics of governments in Northern Europe?
3) How did conquest influence the languages spoken in Northern Europe?
4) How did the industrial Revolution spur the growth of the British Empire?
5) How did the Reformation affect Northern Europe?
6) Who are some important writers from Northern Europe?
7) What Northern European country did not join the EU?  Why?
8) What was the Magna Carta?  Why is it important?
9) What are the countries of Northern Europe?

Europe Countries to know:

Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom